Well, someone was certainly excited.

Though Darius had seen many otakus during his Japan travels, this was certainly the first time that he’d seen someone so boldly, so seriously speak about her heroic aspirations in this new world. If it was, in fact, a new one. After all, the setting could just as easily be ‘the Earth, two thousand years after humanity got reset’ or some other silly sci-fi like that. Nevertheless, Rin was excited, the ikemen was super cautious (and terribly normal for someone that dashing), and the third member…

[b]“Moshi moshi,”[/b] Darius said, his head tilted to the side, [b]“Train ain’t gonna train with no tracks, and there’s no signal anywhere as well. So yeah, we all be spirited aw-”[/b]

[i]“….What.”[/i]

And there it was, confirmation that they were indeed in a bland Euro-medieval world, instead of post-apocalypse Earth or a Far Eastern fairy tale. A pink-haired sword girl and a white-haired speed girl. Such impossible pigmentation. Such impossible physical ability. And yet, what was the strangest about this was…

[b]“So…you two speak Japanese? Or is this something else…Ni hao? Bonjour? Hola?” [/b]He tried a few more scraps of languages that he picked up, but before a proper response could be returned, the normal guy spoke up once more, trying to get some information out. Good, that was smart. Darius could nod in approval at that.

He could nod all the way until, for whatever reason, consultation was needed in regards to the train?

The freckled youth scratched the side of his cheek.

[b]“Like, what’s the problem here?”[/b]

With that, he took a step forward now, an easy smile on his face. [b]“Ciao, I’ll be picking off from where he left off! Anyways, metal thing behind us is a ‘train’. Essentially, a giant carriage that moves itself, without horses. An example of…scientific witchcraft! Anyways, we were all basically just sleeping in it, but woke up to find ourselves here. Now, this is super strange because we literally came from another era or world or dimension or what-have-you, but luckily, we have at least one place to find answers in!”[/b]

A flick of his wrist produced his cellphone, and a series of taps brought out the message he just received.

[b]“Turns out, funnily enough, we were brought here by someone. This ‘someone’ wants us to go down the beaten path to a nearby town, in which we'll get more information about whatever's going on. Now, my friend here,” [/b]Darius said, patting bishie boy in the back, [b]“has a terrible fear of nature, what with the man-goring horns of a deer or the silent stalk of a tiger, so if you two mademoiselles could find it in your hearts to escort us there, that’d be real nice. Super helpful. Even helps you two out, keeping an eye on trouble-making foreigners such as ourselves. Truly a win-win situation.”

“So yeah. I'm Darius Jacks. Got anything to say, or shall we be on our way?”[/b]